all the prettiest children have the ugliest parents..................how come??

[DanceSchoolMum]

don;t you find it to be true tho????

'Obviously we all think our own children are beautiful.

It therefore follows that we think that other children that conform to the same "type" are also beautiful and those who don't we consider ugly.'

No, I don't really agree Balloonslayer.

I've never thought my children were particularly brilliant looking. Of course I find them beautiful in a subjective, personal way but not objectively.

I often find other people's children very attractive, whatever their hair colour and so on.

My nephew was a bit unattractive as a baby - my sister would send me pictures with captions that said things like "Look how cute I am" etc
I would think "hmm, not so much"

Now he is gorgeous - has really grown into himself. My sister and I were talking a bit ago, and she said "you know, my ds was kinda an ugly baby".

My ds was so tiny, he looked like a lolipop. And he had excema, which did not help.
He is gorgeous now.

My mum has had 6 babies and I got the feeling the whole thinking your baby is the most beautiful had evaporated by her fifth (my little brother) when she spoke to me over the phone after she had him, and said he looked like a little frog. She continued while he was a toddler to say how odd he looked, of course she totally loved him but had no problems pointing this out.

I thought he was completely lovely from the start but when I look back at photos I can see what she means... a very strange looking little chap

Now however he is UTTERLY gorgeous.... he has grown into his looks as someone else said babies tend to.

Anyway to totally undermine whatever point I m trying to make I agree with wannabe... none of this really matters. The most important thing I can impart to my dd is to be happy in her own skin (of course she is beautiful though )

All of my very handsome/pretty children have attractive parents.

Look at peter sellers dd, she looks just like him, and nothing like her mother Britt Eckland, total shame, nature can be cruel

i agree to some extent, it can also be said of the other way. ive noticed at school good looking couples with facially challenged children.

haven;t been back on the thread since yesterday.........wannabes post was so good I felt unable to actually respond, not helped by crippling tiredness last night (which I still have tonight actually).

wow to the comments and compliments

Your dds are indeed absolutely gorgeous psycho - they remind me of my cousins, there are seven of them in one family and all gorgeous in their own individual ways. And they have grown into stunning adults.

Beautiful adults often 'grow into' their looks, that is why you hear so many supermodels say they were gawky, awkward and plain when younger. It's all about bone structure and stature. And eyes wide apart are good for photographing.

There are several women I know who were seen as 'babes' at school but are definitely going to seed v quickly now.

'And eyes wide apart are good for photographing' sorry, bad grammar. I meant wide apart eyes tend to photograph well.

These models are often not just spouting false modesty.

Balloon Slayer, Is that true that your nose only really takes shape at 9??

This is going to sound weird but I look at my dd's nose and I think, where did that nose come from, great grandmother on your dad's side??!! I think if it grows a bit longer it will seem less wide if that makes sense. It's not terribly wide, I just mean I don't think I have a wide nose, and nor did her Dad, so ?

It's their inner beauty shining through into the beauty of their children.

Is certainly the case here, I often gaze at dd in amazement at how beautiful she is. It is quite astonishing as she has many of my features yet somehow they look right on her.

Although her dad was handsome, but she does not really look like him

To be fair, a lot of the plain girls from school are now very attractive (courtesy of facebook!) Whilst a lot of those that were considered "pretty" are now a bit tired looking.

Maybe the "pretty" ones led a more wild life in their late teens/early 20's??!!

twinset, you lie.......you are lovely considering your profile you had!!!

Oh I don't know the exact age, Liffey, but I have a hooter Barry Manilow would laugh at and just because my DCs have cute little button noses at 1,7 and 8 sadly doesn't mean they are exempt.

Certainly the face lengthens and grows bonier with the adult teeth and seems to do it again with puberty.

I am gorgeus so is DH and guess what .... my DC are stunning.

Pamelat, there's a certain type of face that peaks early. Just because you all know who she is I will use Chelsy Davies (Prince Harry's gf) as an example. I think she is gorgeous now but could look a bit piggy in her forties.

Somebody like Tamsin Greig or Daniela Nardini look good older.

Any body can still look good old or young though. But you see what I mean.

Well in truth two of the loveliest little girls I have ever seen (sisters) have the ugliest AND most unpleasant parents I have ever met. THey are truly awful characters (never mind their looks) and yet the girls who look almost identical look nothing like either parent and have the sweetest natures.

I don't know what happened but I hope they somehow manage to stay as nice they are. I have never seen either parent give their girls a pleasant look, smile or speak to them as if they like them. Hopefully they do it when I'm not around.

Amazing really how the girls have turned out

I'm rather gorgeous (not boasting, really, I've been told on numerous occasions) DH is...well, he's not bad, & children are beautiful, apparently. Find it strange that people stop me in street to tell me that

Our 21 month year old is gorgeous, really angelic looking. People look at him and comment on him all the time.
I just wonder ow what they're saying about me and DH

Looks can change so much between childhood and adulthood. I think children are generally beautiful - big eyes, nice glowing skin, nice hair, slim bodies. But you see people in their late teens, early twenties who already look hard or less, erm, defined.

Of course, some people age better than others.

Maybe they have good looking postmen ?

lol Katiestar, your probably right

it could be worse she could have said "your kids are munters but you're really attractive, what happened?"

That would have pissed you off more methinks.